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Artist: Morris Graves
Morris Graves, Abandon Nest, 1950, drawing
By Morris Graves
Located in New York, NY
This is a complicated drawing, even for Morris Graves (1910-2001), known as the Mystical Painter of Nature.
Graves tried to be sensitive to the slightest tremor or breeze that a sma...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Morris Graves Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Offering, " Morris Graves, American Modernism, Owl, Bird, Gift, Present
By Morris Graves
Located in New York, NY
Morris Graves
Offering, 1957
Signed and dated lower right
Sumi ink wash and gold leaf on paper
18 x 13 3/8 inches
Born in Fox Valley, Oregon in 1910, Morris Graves was a leading proponent of the Northwest School...
Category
1950s Modern Morris Graves Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
TWO BIRDS
By Morris Graves
Located in Portland, ME
Graves, Morris (American 1910-2001). TWO BIRDS. Brown Ink on tan
paper, not dated. Although signed in pencil, lower right, the signature proved fugitive dur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Morris Graves Art
Materials
Pencil
$3,500
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